Anya used to dream of moving to Britain to start a brand-new life. But as she sits in a school where nobody understands her, she dreams of Polish summer skies and the place where she once belonged. Then Anya meets bad boy Dan. He's no angel, but she's sure there's a sweeter side to him. And when things begin to fall apart, Anya realizes she's not alone - how can Dan be such bad news when being with him feels like heaven?

**DEBUT FICTION** Mary Todd Lincoln is one of history's mostmisunderstood and enigmatic women. The first president's wife to becalled First Lady, she was a political strategist, a supporter ofemancipation, and a mother who survived the loss of three childrenand the assassination of her beloved husband. Yet she also ran herfamily into debt, held seances in the White House, and wascommitted to an insane asylum. In Janis Cooke Newman's debut novel,Mary Todd Lincoln shares the story of her life in her own words.Writing from Bellevue Place asylum, she takes readers from hertempestuous childhood in a slaveholding Southern family through theyears after her husband's death. A dramatic tale filled withpassion and depression, poverty and ridicule, infidelity andredemption, Mary allows us entry into the inner, intimate world ofthis brave and fascinating woman.

William J. Mann, author of the bestselling Kate: The WomanWho Was Hepburn, has now turned his attention to ElizabethTaylor, the quintessential movie star, and uses her biography toreveal the machinations of stardom and fame, from the studio era ofHollywood through the 1970s. How to Be a Movie Star isa totally fresh, brilliantly researched, and reported portrait ofElizabeth Taylor, as she became our first superstar. It isalso a fascinating revelation of cadre that got her there, from hermother to her managers, publicists, gossip columnists, and earlypaparazzi--and, not least of all, herself. Swathed in mink, sailing aboard her yachts, discarding husbandsnearly as frequently as she changed diamond earrings, Taylordominated the headlines for three glittering decades, rewritingrules, defying conventions, laying down the yardstick by whichcelebrity has been measured ever since. Focusing on the mostglamorous period in Taylor's career, Mann takes us inside herprivileged childhood in England to her schooling

When the Good Friday peace accords are shattered by threesavage acts of terrorism, Northern Ireland is blown back into thedepths of conflict. And after his father-in-law is nominated tobecome the new American ambassador to London, retired CIA agentMichael Osbourne is drawn back into the game. He soon discoversthat his father-in-law is marked for execution. And that he himselfis once again in the crosshairs of a killer known as October, oneof the most merciless assassins the world has ever known...

Childhood friends Mackensie, Parker, Laurel andEmmaline have formed a very successful wedding-planning businesstogether but, despite helping thousands of happy couples toorganise the biggest day of their lives,all four women are unluckyin love. Photographer Mackensie Elliot has suffered a toughchildhood and still has a bad relationship with her mother,which makes her wary of commitment. But when she meetsCarter Maguire, she can't stop herself falling for him,although hisex-girlfriend is prepared to play dirty to keep him. Mackensie soonrealises she has to put her past demons to rest in order to findlasting love...

After a long visit to the planet Krypton, the Man Of Steel returns to earth to become the peoples savior once again and reclaim the love of Lois Lane

The controversial bestseller from Tom Clancy, the all-time master of the techno-thriller. CIA Deputy Director Jack Ryan joins the war on drugs. And when three American officials are assassinated in Colombia, the U.S. response is swift-and shocking.

The opening pages of a Haruki Murakami novel can be like the view out an airplane window onto tarmac. But at some point between page three and fifteen--it's page thirteen in Kafka On The Shore--the deceptively placid narrative lifts off, and you find yourself breaking through clouds at a tilt, no longer certain where the plane is headed or if the laws of flight even apply. Joining the rich literature of runaways, Kafka On The Shore follows the solitary, self-disciplined schoolboy Kafka Tamura as he hops a bus from Tokyo to the randomly chosen town of Takamatsu, reminding himself at each step that he has to be "the world s toughest fifteen-year-old." He finds a secluded private library in which to spend his days--continuing his impressive self-education--and is befriended by a transgendered clerk and the mysteriously remote head librarian, Miss Saeki, whom he fantasizes may be his long-lost mother. Meanwhile, in a second, wilder narrative spiral, an elderly Tokyo man named Nakata veers from his calm routi

' This is the most astonishing piece of writing, lyrical in itsemotion and spare in its construction ...Toibin has crafted anunmissable read' - "Sunday Herald". In Blackwater in the early1990s, three women - Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and hergranddaughter Helen - have come together after years of strife andreached an uneasy truce. Helen's adored brother Declan is dying.Two friends join him and the women in a crumbling old house by thesea, where the six of them, from different generations and withdifferent beliefs, must listen and come to terms with oneanother.'It is in his emotional choreography that Toibin showshimself to be an exceptional writer. Helen is estranged from bothher mother and grandmother ...Toibin helps them make peace - and hedoes it beautifully' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'He writes in spare,powerful prose and he is truly perceptive about familyrelationships which, at times, makes reading his stories incrediblypainful. But this is a beautiful novel' - "Belfast News". 'We shallbe readin

Que vient faire ce chien errant dans une petite ville italienne? Pourquoi cinq frères s'évitent-ils soudain ? Qui a composé cettemusique révolutionnaire et obsédante? Trois nouvelles aux décors etaux situations sans lien apparent. Pourtant, à la lecture, toujoursla même atmosphère inquiétante et mystérieuse. L'auteur du " Désertdes Tartares " et du " K ", tout en se plaisant à détourner labanale anecdote vers le fantastique ou l'irréel, sonde ici le genrehumain à travers ses passions et ses vanités.

"Nevada Rose" Demille was one of the most beautiful and desired sports groupies in Las Vegas, a fixture at the trendiest casinos and clubs on the Strip. But the endless party came to a tragic end the morning her nude body was found bound and gagged in her home. As crime scene investigators Catherine Willows and Warrick Brown dig deeper, all roads (and a growing media circus) lead to Mark Baker -- a.k.a. "The Fireball" -- a hard-throwing, Cooperstown-bound major-league pitcher and fancier of gorgeous women who recently conducted a very public affair with one "Nevada Rose" Demille.... Meanwhile, miles away on the grounds of a world-class championship golf course, Gil Grissom is probing the macabre discovery of a John Doe -- an intense investigation that will unearth a bitter sibling rivalry twisted by jealousy and distrust over a "Nevada Rose" of a very different nature.... 作者简介： Jerome Preisler is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Tom Clanc

Originally subtitled "An Adventurous Education, 1935-1946",this book is a key volume in Kerouac's lifework, the series ofautobiographical novels he referred to as The Legend of Duluoz. Awonderfully unassuming look back at the origins of his career--aprehistory of the Beat era, written from the perspective of thepsychedelic '60s.

At once conservative and radical in her beliefs, she saw noconflict in idealizing and mythologizing the Irish peasantry, forexample, while her landlord husband introduced legislation thatwould, in part, lead to the widespread misery, poverty andstarvation of the Great Famine. Nevertheless, as founder of theAbbey Theatre, an outspoken opponent of censorship and mentor, museand mother-figure to W.B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory played a pivotalrole in shaping Irish history and dramatic history. Moreover,despite her parents' early predictions of spinsterhood, she was nomatronly figure, engaging in a passionate affair while newly-weddedand, as she approached 60, falling for a man almost 20 years herjunior.

Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York. Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments (he instructs one class to write "An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God"), singalongs (featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics), and field trips (imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square!). McCourt stru

Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun, but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen, she yearns for her mother, and for forgiveness. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father, she has only one friend: Rosaleen, a black servant whose sharp exterior hides a tender heart. South Carolina in the sixties is a place where segregation is still considered a cause worth fighting for. When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon, and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, Lily is compelled to act. Fugitives from justice and from Lily's harsh and unyielding father, they follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world, as about the mystery surrounding her mother. --This text refers to the Paperback edition

What do you when your boyfriend tells you he wants space? You give him six thousand miles of it... Frankie's life is falling apart. In less than a week she's gone from having everything - a great job, lovely flat and gorgeous Hugh - to having nothing at all. Devastated, dumped and on the dole, she packs her bags and flies to Los Angeles to stay with an old friend. Her goal? To sort out her life and get over Hugh. She does not, repeat not, go to LA to fall head over heels for an American photographer called Reilly and to run away to Las Vegas. But what happens when Hugh wants her back? Who will she choose? And is it really true that whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? Alexandra Potter's deliciously funny romantic comedy is for every girl who has ever dreamt of running away to Hollywood... or just wished she could reach for the stars.

We love the Gossip Girl girl series…there s enough gossip back-stabbing and bitching to character assassinate the entire population of Manhattan But all done over a lovely cup of skinny latte or three in the cute neigh bourhood coffee house These girls could write Carrie s Sex and the city colunmn in their steep Elle Girl.

Former Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon is drawnback into the game to take on a cunning terrorist on one lastkilling spree, a Palestinian zealot who played a dark part inGabriel's past. And what begins as a manhunt turns into aglobe-spanning duel fueled by both political intrigue and deeppersonal passions...

Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friendProfessor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as aguinea pig for a new drug that Magnus has discovered in hisbiochemical researches. The effect of this drug is to transportDick from the house at Kilmarth to the Cornwall of the 14thcentury. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of SirHenry Champernoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. Ashis time travelling increases, Dick resents more and more the dayshe must spend in the modern world, longing ever more fervently toget back into his world of centuries before ...

The world's most popular delinquent reveals all in the onlytie-in book to the BIGGEST TV show of 1997! Written and illustratedby Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, Bart Simpson's Guideto Life is chock full of the kind of humour that keeps Simpsonsdevotees hooked to the show. Including such gems as Dr Bart'sMiracle Cures, Homer's Dozen-Donut-A-Day Diet and the beautysecrets of Marge ('Never pluck protruding nose hair' death mayresult. Instead, use a lightweight Weedwacker') and Homer ('Thescent of chili dogs, onions and beer, when eaten in combination,makes women swoon'). With guest appearances by all the greatSimpsons characters, including Lisa, Moe, Barney, Millhouse, Krustythe Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mr Burns and Smithers. Like theshows themselves, Bart Simpson's Guide to Life has something toplease all age groups and is so crammed full of fun that you'llspot something new every time you read it.

Love blooms in the second novel in Nora Roberts's celebratedBride Quartet series. As little girls MacKensie, Emma, Laurel, andParker spent hours acting out their perfect make believe "I do"moments. Years later their fantasies become reality when they starttheir own wedding planning company to make every woman's dream daycome true. With perfect flowers, delicious desserts, and joyfulmoments captured on film, Nora Roberts's Bride Quartet shares eachwoman's emotionally magical journey to romance. "In Bed of Roses,"florist Emma Grant is finding career success with her friends atVows wedding planning company, and her love life appears to bethriving. Though men swarm around her, she still hasn't found Mr.Right. And the last place she's looking is right under her nose.But that's just where Jack Cooke is. He's so close to the women ofVows that he's practically family, but the architect has begun toadmit to himself that his feelings for Emma have developed intomuch more than friendship. When Emma returns his pa

The Fury: Faced with an ancient evil, Stefan and Damon must stoptheir feuding and join forces with Elena to confront it. But in sodoing, they are unwittingly sealing her fate ...The Reunion: Elenasummons the vampire trio once more to unite and challenge theirfate. Together they will be called to face the most terrifying evilFell's Church has ever known.